Ridiculous Job Postings?

cmitchell_00

SteveLord wrote: »

The ridiculous part would be if the salary was crap.

I've seen many 2-5 years exp, bachelors degree, X certs preferred, know these 50 technologies..........pay is something like $12-$18/hr.

I've seen those jobs before and I've worked some to make ends meet in the past. However, I do know life is alot better in I.T. now and getting better everyday; I LOVE IT!

Hypntick

Looks almost exactly like my job. Throw on training of new engineers in our systems, approve and post of tickets for billing, ensure that all engineers time is up to date, projects are not going over hours, and be the primary point of escalation for the newer engineers and you'd have my job exactly.

demonfurbie

ptilsen wrote: »

Now if we want to look at ridiculous job postings, here's one where they just gave up on figuring out the job title:
STAFFLOGIX

Also, if you find me an MCM who will work for anything in the neighborhood of $34/hr, I will buy a hat just so I can eat it.

i see postings like that all the time in my area for much less pay

ptilsen

demonfurbie wrote: »

i see postings like that all the time in my area for much less pay

You see postings that list Microsoft Certified Master, arguably the MS equivalent to CCIE, offering less than $34 an hour? I doubt there's an MCM in the US that makes less than $150K.

demonfurbie

ptilsen wrote: »

You see postings that list Microsoft Certified Master, arguably the MS equivalent to CCIE, offering less than $34 an hour? I doubt there's an MCM in the US that makes less than $150K.

check alabama ... its sad i know mcitp:ea that make 9 an hour

snokerpoker

This looks like a pretty standard for MS jobs. I worked at one for a while doing tech support and most of the guys doing this type job had 10 + years of experience doing consulting.

joshmadakor

demonfurbie wrote: »

check alabama ... its sad i know mcitp:ea that make 9 an hour

What does this MCTIP:EA do? Greet people at Walmart?

demonfurbie

joshmadakor wrote: »

What does this MCTIP:EA do? Greet people at Walmart?

nope he works at geeksquad

the lack of network jobs in the area is sad.. i know ill be moving im not sure why he hasnt yet

ptilsen

demonfurbie wrote: »

check alabama ... its sad i know mcitp:ea that make 9 an hour

I don't care if it's India. MCMs make more than $34 an hour, and no one who actually posts a job ad listing MCM and knowing what it is would post it for anything in the five figure range.

edit: Most MCMs work for Microsoft, HP, or Dell, by the way. It doesn't even make sense to list it on a job posting because you won't get it.

An MCITP: EA with no experience could probably make more than $9 /hour doing odd jobs on Workmarker or Freelancer. Your acquaintance would do well to expand his or her employment searches. My company pays people in Michigan more than that to do level 1 helpdesk, work-from-home. If there's a big market of horribly underemployed US-based MCITP:EAs out there, we'll have to rethink our outsourcing strategy.

joshmadakor

demonfurbie wrote: »

nope he works at geeksquad

the lack of network jobs in the area is sad.. i know ill be moving im not sure why he hasnt yet

That's too bad...I'm sure GeekSquad is happy

MAC_Addy

I love the postings I see: must be CCNA or CCIE certified. Hmm, there's a huge difference there. And the pay is only $40,000. Silly if you ask me.

Roguetadhg

MAC_Addy wrote: »

I love the postings I see: must be CCNA or CCIE certified. Hmm, there's a huge difference there. And the pay is only $40,000. Silly if you ask me.

I've seen a couple postings like that, actually. Hell, it's a pay raise. But the CCIE-level won't want a 17 per hour job. Not for the time and money they've possibly invested into it. Now a CCNA, im sure would be all for that.

Daniel333

Hey Cudder,

I honestly I am not sure if you are trolling or serious. But I'll assume your serious. 90% of those technologies are overlapping technologies. So there isn't much there really. Expecting someone to have a MCSE and CCNA was pretty standard 5 years ago even. Now days expectation is even higher.

I used to run a small NOC and we had 3-4 guys doing that sort of work, plus voip phones, vmware, storage and intermedia (host exchange, OCS, sharepoint, cloud stuff) and we had guys a couple years out of Heald happy to makeing the $35-45k we were paying.

You do your time, get good genenerist skills at these MSPs and then you specialize and move on.

I'd recommend you sit down and reread the job posting. Oraganize it, and get to work developing yourself to fit this roll if you seriously want to work in IT, well. Should I say survive IT for when this bubble bursts. It can't remain this good forever for us.

TheCudder wrote: »

Does any one else find these type of job postings to be ridiculous? This basically says we need you to be able to do any and all IT job functions

Roguetadhg

The gold rush of IT has already been over. Invoking Turgon's post since he's been around since dirt :P

We, geeks shall inherit the earth with our witty prowess of profiles, clouds, packets, and fiber optical wiring. Really though, as long as theres telecommunication in one way or another, people will be needed to manage these areas where others dare not venture.

Kai123

I find alot of entry level IT positions share the same requirments as the first OP.

xxxooxxx

There are lot of ridiculous job posting out there. I just give them a good laugh and move on.

Back in 2009
"Must have 5 years of experience working with MS Server 2008" ...

I also saw a many of them like this

Help Desk Technician
"Install some keyboard and mouse"
"install MS Office"
...etc

Requirements
-MCSE, CCNA

phantasm

I once saw a job posting in FL for a CCIE and MCSE with starting pay of $15/hr. I about died of laughter.